Senate GOP pouring $7M in key races

The National Republican Senatorial Committee is increasing television ad buys by $7.4 million in six of the tightest races, raising efforts to regain Senate control in the final weeks before Election Day.

The GOP Senate campaign arm will up ad buys by $1.5 million in Colorado, $1.45 million in Georgia, 1.25 million in Iowa, $1.2 million in New Hampshire and $1.0 million in both South Dakota and Alaska.

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“These additional investments are part of our overall strategy to win and build a new Senate Republican majority,” Ron Bonjean, a consultant for the party’s finance arm, said in a statement.

The move comes as the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee announcedthis week it will drop $1 million into the South Dakota Senate race.